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• VT MAK to Exhibit Integrated Training System with Enhanced Performance and Terrain Advancements November 26 - (Press Release) VT MAK, a company of VT Systems, today announced the demonstration of an integrated training system that enhances simulation training at booth #1413 during the Interservice / Industry Training Simulation & Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2018, from November 26-30.

• VT MAK Invites You to I/ITSEC 2018 November 1 - (November Newsletter) The annual Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) showcases simulation, education, modeling, and training technology for the exchange of information among industry, the military, and educational communities. VT MAK invites you to come by booth #1413 and have a working session with the MAK team! Let’s brainstorm the solution for your next project, learn what’s new, and dive into any technical questions you have.

• VT MAK Releases VR-Vantage 2.4 October 31 - (Product Maintenance Release) This release enhances the rendering performance of OpenFlight and MetaFlight terrains. Terrains built by offline tools now take advantage of rendering techniques – Indirect Rendering, Bindless Textures, and advanced Occlusion Culling – that were previously only used in procedurally-generated terrains. This upgrade will have the most benefit on databases that are not already highly optimized for VR-Vantage’s render engine.

• VT MAK Invites You to I/ITSEC 2018 November 1 - (November Newsletter) The annual Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) showcases simulation, education, modeling, and training technology for the exchange of information among industry, the military, and educational communities. VT MAK invites you to come by booth #1413 and have a working session with the MAK team! Let’s brainstorm the solution for your next project, learn what’s new, and dive into any technical questions you have.

• The Eyes in the Sky October 1 - (October Newsletter) MAK’s surveillance tools provide a boost to ISR customers.

• Full Speed Ahead September 1 - (September Newsletter) William E. Cole, Brigadier General (U.S. Army, Retired) has been appointed the company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer. We explore Bill’s past work in the Army and discover the values he cultivated along the way, and look ahead to how he will help MAK double down on its commitment to customers.

• VT MAK Appoints William E. Cole as President and CEO August 20 - (Press Release) VT MAK (MAK), a company of Vision Technologies Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), today announced that William E. Cole, Brigadier General (U.S. Army, Retired) has been appointed the company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer.

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• Experience Virtualization August 7 - (August Newsletter) At MAK we test our software in the same types of IT configurations that our customers use. Increasingly those architectures involve some form of virtualization. Making the leap to servers, virtual machines, and clouds can provide benefits of flexibility, scalability and rapid deployment.

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• VT MAK Releases VR-Forces 4.6.1 August 1 - (Product Maintenance Release) This maintenance release makes a lot of important changes which we believe you will appreciate.

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• VT MAK Releases VR-Vantage 2.3.1 August 1 - (Product Maintenance Release) The VR-Vantage team has been hard at work implementing a variety of important features, enhancements, and fixes.

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• Learning Without Limits June 7 - (June Newsletter) It’s not just for training: MAK’s VR-Forces software expands the limits of learning through simulation with its ability to be extended and customized. From wargaming to experimentation to prototyping, we take a look at how people are learning new things everyday with VR-Forces.

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• The Power of the Suite May 1 - (May Newsletter) Springtime marks the season for updates to the MAK suite. The releases of VR-Forces 4.6, VR-Vantage 2.3, and VR-Engage 1.2 unleash a slew of exciting new features and capabilities for all of MAK’s customers, across domains and system architectures.

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  VT MAK Releases VR-Forces 4.6 April 18 - (Product Announcement) This latest evolution of VR-Forces contains improvements that will be tangible to virtually every VR-Forces customer. Whether you’re looking for custom outcomes for your missile simulations, modeling the electronic warfare battlespace, or engaging in low-light battle scenarios, there are new features that will improve your simulation accuracy. For those who use CDB databases, model close-up warfare, or want to make last-second changes to a scenario, this version of VR-Forces makes your job much easier.

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  VT MAK Releases VR-Vantage 2.3 April 18 - (Product Announcement) VT MAK is pleased to announce the release of VR-Vantage 2.3! This major feature release adds many new features, while continuing to make significant improvements to our visuals, performance, and content.

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  VT Product Announcements the Release of VR-Link 5.4 April 4 - (Product Announcement) VT MAK is pleased to announce the release of VR-Link 5.4. Used for HLA and DIS Simulation Networking, VR-Link provides an easy way to network simulators and other virtual reality applications using industry standard protocols.

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  RTI Announces Partnership with VT MAK for the Training and Simulation Market  April 3 - (Press Release) Partnership will Focus on Demonstrating Interoperability Between HLA Federations, and DDSbased Systems and Components

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  Off to a Fast Start  March 29 - (April Newsletter) Off to a Fast Start A Deeper Dive: MAK Goes to the West Coast Tech Tip: Strategies for Building VR-Forces Scenarios

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  Modeling and Simulation seminar in Bogota, Colombia March 21 - (Event)  This year MAK is taking the Synthetic Training Environment that was demonstrated during I/ITSEC 2017 on the road and Bogota was our first stop.

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  VR-Forces 4.6: The Evolution Continues February 27 - (March Newsletter) VR-Forces 4.6: The evolution continues Electronic Warfare in Action Tag - You're it!

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  VT MAK Releases VR-Engage 1.2  February 21 - (Product Announcement) VT MAK is pleased to announce the release of VR-Engage 1.2. First launched in May 2017, VR-Engage is MAK’s multi-role virtual simulator. VR-Engage lets you play the role of a first-person human character; a vehicle driver, gunner or commander; or the pilot of an airplane or helicopter.

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  Steve Peart from the Singapore Airshow!  February 19 - (Event) Last week, MAK attended and exhibited at the Singapore Airshow 2018 - Asia's largest airshow!

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  VR-Vantage IG: A Fully-fledged Solution  January 30 - (February Newsletter) VR-Vantage 2.3 marks the latest evolution of our visualization product, and our Image Generator capabilities are more robust than ever.